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Celeb News: Taylor & Nicki feud on Twitter.
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Originally posted by MCMXCVIl
glad to know you saw it freak
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You still won't learn will you? *sigh*
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Originally posted by Mariano
Kendrick Lamar: A black man.
Beyonce: A 'thick' black woman.
Taylor Swift: A 'skinny' white woman.
Bruno Mars: A Puerto Rican man.
Ed Sheeran: A white man.
These are the VOTY nominees And this is ON TOP of Nicki herself having 3 nominations.
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Welp. She needs to quit the **** she started. Be grateful that Anaconda mess was even considered for any noms.
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Originally posted by Mariano
Kendrick Lamar: A black man.
Beyonce: A 'thick' black woman.
Taylor Swift: A 'skinny' white woman.
Bruno Mars: A Puerto Rican man.
Ed Sheeran: A white man.
These are the VOTY nominees And this is ON TOP of Nicki herself having 3 nominations.
This makes it look even funnier I kind of feel bad for Nicki, firstly because I really like her, secondly, because she is obviously passionate, but mostly, because I see she is wrong and she doesn't realize it + she is gonna get hate for it..
I really hope they will turn this into a great PR and probably make up at the VMAs
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CLOCK!
Nicki purposely tried using the race and I'm SO glad it's backfiring real hard on her
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Yikes, Nicki really made a fool of herself
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WAIT WAIT
I forgot Nicki HOSTED the EMA's last year
Now they are racists, but they have been supporting here all her career. OK
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Thriller, Rhythm Nation, Vouge, didn't win VOTY..
BOMT wasn't even nominated.. Why does Nicki think Anaconda deserve to win.
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Not only Nicki hosted the MTV EMA's last year, she got 4 nominations and performed 3 songs that night
Poor Nicki, they are so racist
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Originally posted by taylor__fan
WAIT WAIT
I forgot Nicki HOSTED the EMA's last year
Now they are racists, but they have been supporting here all her career. OK
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**** I forgot about that
MTV letting her HOST a damn "white" award show besides performing a MEDLEY of her hits yet they don't show her enough support
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Originally posted by Bounce
Thriller, Rhythm Nation, Vouge, didn't win VOTY..
BOMT wasn't even nominated.. Why does Nicki think Anaconda deserve to win.
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it's nothing more but a cheap and easy shot @ getting a hit and yet she's acting like she made an inspirational masterpiece
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Taylor Swift always using her fake kindness...
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howling@thischaos. All these reports with such an anemic Mod Squad now.
Nicki would not have done this tirade and advocated for “blacks” if she had been the only black person nominated instead of Beyoncé and Kendrick. That’s a fact. She looked dumb, and her supplemental arguments weren't cohesive.
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Originally posted by Adonis
Taylor is so narcissistic that she thinks every tweet is about her.
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Taylor is a narcissistic hypocrite.
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However, this should not be ignored. Taylor has exhibited all the signs of a textbook narcissist throughout her career.
1. Her carefully crafted “good girl” image is done to be as inoffensive as possible on the exterior and garner as much acceptance as possible. It’s a narcissist’s #1 goal to be loved by all; they cannot deal with being a social outcast or rejection in almost any form.
2. Her inability to take a joke about herself (the Tina Fey joke, etc.) in stride and laughter stems from her fragile ego & self-esteem being shattered by the smallest criticism directed towards her. A narcissist does not handle criticism well, even if it is delivered constructively and in a friendly manner.
3. Her even responding to this mess because she perceived it as directed at her, which it does appear to look that way. A narcissist is never unable to take the high road in these situations because they have to always get the last word in edgewise.
4. Her inability to take any responsibility for her multitude of failed relationships, even though she is the common link in all of them. As soon as the relationship is over, she starts writing songs highlighting her lover’s mistakes and never speaking about any of her own. A narcissist is never at fault and avoids taking responsibility for things. There is ALWAYS an excuse.
5. Her manipulating/controlling Ellie Goulding into deleting that damn picture. It kind of ties into the first point, but a narcissist is generally only friends with those who they can control. They are not interested in people who are immune to their charms because it doesn’t benefit them. She would have not been Ellie her friend if she stood defiant and didn’t delete that picture.
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Taylor is a stuck up b*tch who thinks too highly of herself + Anaconda is hardly a video masterpiece, they both need to sit down, like this is all so stupid.
it's a shame its only cheap mainstream music that gets recognised at events like that, there are other artists doing amazing things right now.
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Both were messy, Nicki had such a genuine speech in the beginning, but her "slim bodies" tweet was truly unnecessary, Taylor is body shamed for being too skinny or having no curves all the time, Nicki is shamed for being too sexual/too curvy, Taylor felt offended and responded kindly, but she should've stayed quiet, Nicki was messy already and was just waiting for someone to "fight" with her, the "come with me to the stage" tweet was also too much, why not simply apologize? Why is so hard for famous people to admit they were wrong or unfair?
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Originally posted by Lipton
However, this should not be ignored. Taylor has exhibited all the signs of a textbook narcissist throughout her career.
1. Her carefully crafted “good girl” image is done to be as inoffensive as possible on the exterior and garner as much acceptance as possible. It’s a narcissist’s #1 goal to be loved by all; they cannot deal with being a social outcast or rejection in almost any form.
2. Her inability to take a joke about herself (the Tina Fey joke, etc.) in stride and laughter stems from her fragile ego & self-esteem being shattered by the smallest criticism directed towards her. A narcissist does not handle criticism well, even if it is delivered constructively and in a friendly manner.
3. Her even responding to this mess because she perceived it as directed at her, which it does appear to look that way. A narcissist is never unable to take the high road in these situations because they have to always get the last word in edgewise.
4. Her inability to take any responsibility for her multitude of failed relationships, even though she is the common link in all of them. As soon as the relationship is over, she starts writing songs highlighting her lover’s mistakes and never speaking about any of her own. A narcissist is never at fault and avoids taking responsibility for things. There is ALWAYS an excuse.
5. Her manipulating/controlling Ellie Goulding into deleting that damn picture. It kind of ties into the first point, but a narcissist is generally only friends with those who they can control. They are not interested in people who are immune to their charms because it doesn’t benefit them. She would have not been Ellie her friend if she stood defiant and didn’t delete that picture.
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1. It's her image, and she knows that having it will help her career, you would do the same
2. It's not easy to be a celeb and keep seeing jokes about yourself all the time, that happens to other artists too, and some times it's normal, but I understand your point here and it may be true. But the other thing is false, a lot of people talked about her and she said nothing, Diplo for example.
3. You are the one saying that she is replying to something directed to her, I don't see the problem there.
4. False, go and read the lyrics of her songs, like Back to december, when she said all is her fault, all too well, where she said she asks for too much, IKYWT, where she says literally "i realize the blame is on me", and I could continue with a longer list.
5. The reach, you don't even know if that's true
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The thing is, Nicki is telling the truth to a degree - Anaconda did break records and had a lot of impact in its time, so it kind of begs the question as to why it wasn't nominated for Video of the Year. Since racism is still alive in the world, it makes sense that she'd assume that's what it is, but she needs to realize that it might also not be that. Perhaps those who put the nominations together really just preferred the five nominated videos over Anaconda, and, contrary to what she's implying, that's okay. It comes off as extremely unprofessional and cringe worthy that she herself, the artist, is complaining that her video wasn't nominated. Leave that to the stans, that's no way to act. I guess it's good that she's using this to bring up a discussion on the snubbing of black artists by awards, but it's super awkward that she's only bringing it up now when she herself was snubbed. Obviously it makes sense since it's at the front of her mind, but that's just it - this isn't about her, but it feels like it is because she's literally only saying these things because she herself wasn't nominated. It makes it feel like she could give two ***** about other black artists unless she herself is losing, and only then will she speak out for them, thus turning this all back into something that's about her, when it's not. I don't know if that makes sense, it's early and I just woke up.
As for Taylor, she has a right to defend herself, but I'd also like to see her speak up a little more. Her side of the issue needs to be elaborated upon more in my opinion. Also, why are people saying those disagreeing with Nicki are racist? You shouldn't blindly call disagreeing with a black person racism, because that in itself can arguably be classified as a form of racism. If anything, blindly agreeing with a person of any color who's being this shady without seriously analyzing what they have to say is more dangerous than good.
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Originally posted by TheNight
The thing is, Nicki is telling the truth to a degree - Anaconda did break records and had a lot of impact in its time, so it kind of begs the question as to why it wasn't nominated for Video of the Year. Since racism is still alive in the world, it makes sense that she'd assume that's what it is, but she needs to realize that it might also not be that. Perhaps those who put the nominations together really just preferred the five nominated videos over Anaconda, and, contrary to what she's implying, that's okay. It comes off as extremely unprofessional and cringe worthy that she herself, the artist, is complaining that her video wasn't nominated. Leave that to the stans, that's no way to act. I guess it's good that she's using this to bring up a discussion on the snubbing of black artists by awards, but it's super awkward that she's only bringing it up now when she herself was snubbed. Obviously it makes sense since it's at the front of her mind, but that's just it - this isn't about her, but it feels like it is because she's literally only saying these things because she herself wasn't nominated. It makes it feel like she could give two ***** about other black artists unless she herself is losing, and only then will she speak out for them, thus turning this all back into something that's about her, when it's not. I don't know if that makes sense, it's early and I just woke up.
As for Taylor, she has a right to defend herself, but I'd also like to see her speak up a little more. Her side of the issue needs to be elaborated upon more in my opinion. Also, why are people saying those disagreeing with Nicki are racist? You shouldn't blindly call disagreeing with a black person racism, because that in itself can arguably be classified as a form of racism. If anything, blindly agreeing with a person of any color who's being this shady without seriously analyzing what they have to say is more dangerous than good.
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There is no racism involved. lol Kendrick Lamar is nominated twice and Beyoncé is also nominated. This is a total non-issue and it just brings attention to these overrated entitled rich people. The only issue I see here is them not having Breakthrough Video, R&B Video and other categories. But in the grand scheme of things, who gives a damn about a VMA?
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What’s getting lost in all of this… Is that Anaconda is a bad video and song that never should have received a VOTY nomination.
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
There is no racism involved. lol Kendrick Lamar is nominated twice and Beyoncé is also nominated. This is a total non-issue and it just brings attention to these overrated entitled rich people. The only issue I see here is them not having Breakthrough Video, R&B Video and other categories. But in the grand scheme of things, who gives a damn about a VMA?
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If you check VMAs, they used to have R&B categories, I wonder why they removed them.... but now they have Dance category so maybe they did that with the shift of Top 40 idk... i still think that a R&B category would be nice tho ! But watch Rihanna and Beyonce win there all the time, instead of Tinashe and the likes... so maybe it's pointless.
VMAs = POP /end. If your rap song is really POPular it'd be nominated, if your R&B song is really POPular it will be nominated and so on.
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Originally posted by Lipton
howling@thischaos. All these reports with such an anemic Mod Squad now.
Nicki would not have done this tirade and advocated for “blacks” if she had been the only black person nominated instead of Beyoncé and Kendrick. That’s a fact. She looked dumb, and her supplemental arguments weren't cohesive.
However, this should not be ignored. Taylor has exhibited all the signs of a textbook narcissist throughout her career.
1. Her carefully crafted “good girl” image is done to be as inoffensive as possible on the exterior and garner as much acceptance as possible. It’s a narcissist’s #1 goal to be loved by all; they cannot deal with being a social outcast or rejection in almost any form.
2. Her inability to take a joke about herself (the Tina Fey joke, etc.) in stride and laughter stems from her fragile ego & self-esteem being shattered by the smallest criticism directed towards her. A narcissist does not handle criticism well, even if it is delivered constructively and in a friendly manner.
3. Her even responding to this mess because she perceived it as directed at her, which it does appear to look that way. A narcissist is never unable to take the high road in these situations because they have to always get the last word in edgewise.
4. Her inability to take any responsibility for her multitude of failed relationships, even though she is the common link in all of them. As soon as the relationship is over, she starts writing songs highlighting her lover’s mistakes and never speaking about any of her own. A narcissist is never at fault and avoids taking responsibility for things. There is ALWAYS an excuse.
5. Her manipulating/controlling Ellie Goulding into deleting that damn picture. It kind of ties into the first point, but a narcissist is generally only friends with those who they can control. They are not interested in people who are immune to their charms because it doesn’t benefit them. She would have not been Ellie her friend if she stood defiant and didn’t delete that picture.
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Such BS.
2. Amy and Tina were rightfully called out for this crap because they are perceived to be these huge feminist icons. Practice what you preach, dummies.
4. She takes part of the responsibility in like 90% of the songs. But it is not a great angle to work on for media, is it? Maybe you should actually give some Taylor albums a listen b4 spewing that crap.
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Member Since: 11/29/2010
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Nicki makes literally 0 sense here. She just does not. All it boils down to is her being salty for missing out a damn VMA nom. While still being nominated for several.
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They're both being retarded
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